User Interface Suggestions? (newbie)

[Beverly Howard]

>> if it is a pi controlling the system I would tend towards controlling it
from a web page via the network. to keep it updating would require AJAX
style programming of the web page. <<

Thanks.  I am interested in eventually doing that, but it seems that learning how to do it on a local console first would be to my advantage... especially during initial testing stages.

fwiw, this project is to transfer (actually re-create) a basic program that I wrote for a Tandy Model 100 portable back in the early 80's to control ceramic kilns which get to over 2,000 degrees F.

Worked perfectly until a few years ago when there were no longer any Tandy Model 100s available at any cost ;-)  (In case anyone is interested in fossilized projects, see http://bevhoward.com/kiln/KilnCtrl.htm)

Thanks again for the response and pointers,
Beverly Howard